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Scientists think they've discovered where Count Dracula's final resting place is -- and, spoiler alert, it's not in Romania.

The group being guided through the Austrian fortress are eager to sink their teeth into the gripping life of Vlad Tepes, the notorious "Vlad the Impaler", whose descendants once held the schloss.

Vlad the Impaler, known as Dracula, inspired the vampire in Bram Stoker’s novel. Vlad was no ghoulish fiend, though, for all his cruelty, as curators at his family’s castle in Austria emphasise.

Tepes was often depicted amid a “forest” of impaled bodies. Yet, despite his gory reputation, Vlad was a handsome devil and something of a lady killer, according to Muresan.

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The legend suggests that Vlad III was not killed in battle, as commonly believed. Instead, he was captured by the Ottomans and later freed by his daughter.

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Count Dracula wasn't only a fictional character created by Bram Stoker. The character was based on a real-life man named Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia, or Vlad the Impaler.

Tepes was often depicted amidst a "forest" of impaled bodies. Yet despite his gory reputation, Vlad was a handsome devil and something of a ladykiller, according to Muresan.

Instead of being a gruesome demon, the real Vlad Tepes courageously fought Ottoman Turks and had been “long time gone down in history as a positive figure”, said Florian Bayer, Director of its ...